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One threatened Williamsburg Loft in a bulding the owner claims is too dangerous to allow for residential occupancy. One can only wonder why this owner allowed his agent (the overtenant) to give the entire flat a cosmetic facelift just prior to passage of the 2010 Loft Law. Indeed, this owner, upon visiting this unit as painters were busy painting engaged in cordial conversation with the prime lessee of the unit and seemed quite happy with the work being performed.

Recent news of secret negotiations between New York City and corporate behemoth Amazon lead at least one inquiring mind to wonder if the New York City Loft Board’s seeming unwillingness until very recently to entertain Loft Tenant points of view may not be somehow related. “Cool” neighborhoods such as Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Bushwick also happen to be quite close to the new digs Amazon will be occupying in Long Island City. Just this morning a New York City Loft Tenant broached this topic with someone of similarly inquisitive nature…

A New York City Loft Tenant at the Upstate/Downstate Alliance protest in Albany this past January. Anecdotally speaking, NYC lofts are disproprtionately populated by people who make things: Artists, craftspeople, freelancers, film crew and many other manner of creator.

White Glass on Black / One if by Land (if too by Sea) / Where has all the Color Gone?

What Can I do?

Worldzight :: Loft Project NYC is currently putting together a list of first principles with respect to how citizens might better engage with the political process, especially on the local level, in the 21st century Information Age. We would love your input and insights. Beyond that here are a few first steps as we ourselves figure things out on a more granular level.

Come to PARTY FOR THE PEOPLEon December 3, 2018 (6:30pm – 11pm) at Von Bar in Manhattan (3 Bleecker St., 10012).

Tour our still in-development website. Today it’s the NYC Loft Board in need of citizen oversight. Who knows what tomorrow may bring our way? A great place to start would be by taking a gander at the LOFT PROJECT: EYES ON NYC and the ABOUT WORLDZIGHT pages on this website. Let us know what you think.

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Related Read:THE BILLION DOLLAR LOFT BOARDaka “How the New York City Loft Board Staff all but repealed the Loft Law to effectively bestow upon Real Estate interests upwards of a Billion dollar handout (or more)”